This article describe a lour years experience dedicated to the foundation o
f a territorial development project in partnership concerning the nitrates
pollution. The choices mode in order to work out a coherent and reliable ba
sis of experimentation. The problem to cast a team in which several institu
tes and disciplines are present and with a common aim. The difficulty to pr
eserve everybody's aim as maintaining a scientifically and professionally u
seful project in multi disciplinarity exchanges.